I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
ANAIS NINAnything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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The enemy of a love is never outside, it’s not a man or woman, it’s what we lack in ourselves.
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Man can never know the loneliness a woman knows.
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It is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar.
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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
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You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too.
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Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other people’s.
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Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.
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You cannot save people, you can only love them.
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Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.
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It was while helping others to be free that I gained my own freedom.
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The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.
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The real wonders of life lie in the depths. Exploring the depths for truths is the real wonder which the child and the artist know: magic and power lie in truth.
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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
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What is love but acceptance of the other, whatever he is.
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There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do.
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